Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases the 2015 song "Enemy Solo", a collaboration between Congolese singer Awilo Longomba and the Nigerian duo PSquare.
The post includes the official YouTube video of "Enemy Solo" and the Lingala lyrics to that song. Please help translate these lyrics to English or French. Thanks!
Selected comments from the YouTube video's discussion thread are also included in this post.
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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Awilo Longomba and P-Square for their musical legacy and for this collaboration. Thanks to Nigerian director Clarence Peters and all others who are responsible for this video. Also, thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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LYRICS- ENEMY SOLO
(as performed by Awilo Longomba and psquare)
P Square aye mabe
Awilo aye mabe oh
P Square aye mabe
Awilo Longomb'aye mabe
enemy solo(tindika)
aïe aïe aïee, kolobisa ngai te(enemy solo)
tokatani lititi eh tokomi binemi oh oh(enemy solo)
aïe aïe aïee dikoko tufi eh(enemy solo)
sukisa sukisa kombo na nga(enemy solo)
ba mamans eh an yeh, ba mamans eh an yeh, ba mamans an yeh,
ba mamans an yeh
ngai na kumisaki yo(iyo iyooo)
allez kabo kabo kabo kabo kabo kabo kabo, P Square grooos
allez kabo kabo kabo kabo kabo kabo kabo, Awilo grooos
allez clap your hands
Awilo: nga moko pure na ngai
pure na ng'azalaka te
yo soit disant pure na ngai
pure na ng'otongoko ngai
pure na ng'okoselaka makambu epa ya batu eh
yango nga na decidé: tosololaka lisusu te
mamaaan aan an pusa kuna enemy solo eh
aïe aïe aïee eeh eh eh eh
ngai naboi na ngai matongi ye yeee(mamaaan aan an)
tika vie na ngai tranquille(eeh eh eh eh)
enemy solo
Source: https://www.paroles-musique.com/eng/P-Square_feat_Awilo_Longomba-Enemy_Solo-lyrics,p040395415
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Awilo Longomba, Psquare - Enemy Solo (Official Video)
Awilo Longomba, Published on May 27, 2015
The Most anticipated video "Enemy Solo" from Congolese legend Awilo Longomba and Africa's superstar duo Psquare is finally here!!!!
Enemy Solo in Lingala means "Enemy Bad Smell" which simply refers to enemies of progress, or as Nigerian will call it "Bad Belle" people
Produced by Vtek and Directed by renowned Visual genius Clarence Peters the video illustrates an underground dance battle with Awilo and Psquare as Judges.
Choreographed by Dance Queen "Kaffy", CEO dancers' Ezinne Asinugo and Congolese UK based Choreographer Sir Loui
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Statistics (as of May 24, 2018 10:37 AM EST)
5,628,828 total number of views
17K- total number of likes
889- total number of dislikes
923- total number of comments
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awilo_Longomba for information about Awilo Longomba.
Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Square for information about P-Square.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.
As is the case with other pancocojams posts, I'm particularly interested in documenting the use of such African American Vernacular English (AAVE) terms as "killed it", "dope", "the bomb", "cool", "fire", "hot", "on point", "mad", and other contemporary AAVE terms by commenters in YouTube contemporary music videos' discussion threads.
I'm also interested in documenting the use of Jamaican Patois terms such as "one love", "big up", "tune" ("chune"), "jah", and other Jamaican Patois terms in the same YouTube discussion threads. Note: some of the above mentioned Jamaican Patois terms may not be in this compilation.
2016
1. PKdamu
"This song has taken me waaaay back waaaay back to the days of "Carolina" By Awilo .....that song still drives me nuts. Thank God for youtube...off to watch Carolina. EXCELLENT AND NOSTALGIC"
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2. Olakunle Dele
"This is a top African-class delivery.... I have it on repeat....#Livinglegend #Awilo
I will rock this song the whole summer....Respect from Nigerian living in the scandinavia"
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3. Chisom Enyioko
"Perfect combination here...
African music is the bomb..."
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4. Blaise
"Awilo came back with a strong game 100% fire"
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5. Mukendi Kalambay
"Well done Brother Awilo, bonne strategie keep going up , cool le style"
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6. Nguema Mba
"Awilo a legend with the new school P Square. Music is unity and love"
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7. Felix Ajadalu
"I am a Nigerian.,I reside in Italy,.I never knew that awilo could do this any more. I so much love him,p.square as well. you guys are amazing. one love, one Africa."
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8. nicolz lami
"The BOSS himself, Awilo!!!"
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9. Millicent Ojwaka
"Wow! Awilo killed it! Congo music anytime!"
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10. Daniel Maobe
"Never got what he sings but this guy Awilo Longomba made my childhood could dance the hell out of his songs.. going strong as usual.. mad tune!"
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11. Diana Deng
"this song gonna blow up soon. wait for it"
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12. Omolara Alao-Aboko
"The song is so good! Awilo is definitely a great talent and didn't miss a beat.
The VIDEO gives all the life to this song. Clarence Peters does such a great job. You can tell the pros from the non-pros from the quality of the work and attention to details. Such a great work! <3 it."
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13. Amosun Adeola
"Great stuff. To be honest, this video surpassed my expectations. Never knew Awilo still has it in him. The viz is dope."
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14. Champagne Mami
"Who knew a collaboration between Nigerian and Congolese music would sound so good?!
We need more of this..amazing track!"
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15. Emmah Juma
"big up p square for this collaboration with congolese legendary awillo longomba"
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16. Yannick Zerony
"Congolese legendary??? Sorry but your music of choice is awful, for you to claim Awilo to be a legend. He is a great Artist yea but not legend!"
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17. Azlite74
"+Yannick Zerony Psst! what you selling? Awilo is our own Baba, we don hear all them others, na'im be our choice. We no dey wish you bad."
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18. Nathanael Adiakpan
"+Yannick Zerony Awilo is an absolute legend. I'm Nigerian, not Congolese; but you don't need to be from Congo to know that Awilo is a legend.
All you need is a pair of functional ears."
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19. kaija rogiers
"so 9c"
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20. Loide Nghidengwa
"I like the the dance competition theme, reminds me of high school dance competition school that were always so exciting to watch."
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21. Iliwa Iriamai
"Awilo man, where have you been? Missed hearing ya tunes. You need to come down to Australia man."
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22. Peter Penaco
"Good music, but was trying to get a handle on the story line "Progress against Enemies of progress ". Video and dance moves were all mixed up wasn't clear what is what. Just as clear as in Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video Anyway good music loaded with talent needs to be cleaned up a bit
Peter Okeke
Houston, TX "
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23. Desire Oduma
"shout to p sqare representing nigerians"
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24. Philippe Alexandre OGANDAGA
"enemi solo cool"
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25. Tehetena Teketay
"AWILO LONGOMBA!!
Your biggest fan from Ethiopia!! Welcome back, you have been missed!!!
Psquare!!! always on point! ya'll make Africans Proud! Loving this song!"
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26. jey sung
"Look at this energy! Who want to say that Awilo is nolonger young?? Then match the logomba men if you can! whether you like or not we go dewish dem gooood ooooh!"
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27. Nuruddeen Muhammad
"love this music.....God bless Africa, one love."
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28. Anne Elijah
"Its not bad all. Nyce job."
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29. Anita Tamba
"Awilo still doing his thing. i Remember i was just a baby when i heard his music"
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30. Roots Bondowe
"Added value:
For DRCongolese: the songs scale up RDC music/image to P-Square funs
For Nigerians: It brings more P-SQUARE in DRC and probably was critical moment for Paul and Peter to learn and understand RDC rythm. Most probable the next P-SQUARRE corus will include some DRC rythrm( je m'appele chop money....]"
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31. switbabby
"wow..really missed awilo.i remember as a kid during family functions we used to dance to his music even f we ddnt understand a word.His talented.His a legend..so happy"
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32. Aaron Garica
"Cool song"
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33. caroline fasuyi
"Keep in mind that our music is (Nigerian, Congolese, Ghanaian, Jamaican...etc.) is oh so good because we are family!"
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34. Baba Sillah, 2017
"Caroline fasuyi Liberian Music as well."
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35. Lorriane ebrunie
"Finally, Central Africa meets West Africa thanks to:
Congo (DRC) & Nigeria <3"
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36. DKhisa
"Hopefully the Moroccans dont make a bastardized parody out of this .."
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37. Vanessa
"😂😂😂😂"
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38. Vito Don Pedro
"+jerzeykid2006able lol for real? they do that?"
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39. DKhisa
"+Vito Don Pedro
they parodied Psquare shekeni and some other african song and some No Name Arabic song no one knows or cares about"
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40. Vito Don Pedro
"+jerzeykid2006able will def check it out sha.. for the fun of it"
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41. okuomose okuns
"+jerzeykid2006able hahahaha..i wouldn't put it pass them.."
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Notice that the commenter changed his or her screen name
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42. Asedri Amin
"Very nice, this teamwork cultural collaboration is not only transforming African culture but also breaking regional cultural barriers."
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43. Nicole Otutu
"This song for all the haters. Good job Africans. Hailing from USA."
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44. Tonny Okello
"Awilo Longomba is an African musical legend. He has been entertaining us for more than two decades now. Good to see him work with the likes of P- Square to introduce him to the younger people."
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45. Sandra Yossa
"When you're waiting for your country to step up their music game as well...😀😅😅"
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46. Elizabeth Olowo
"+Sandra Yossa lol what country are u from?"
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47. Sandra Yossa
"+Elizabeth Olowo Cameroon"
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48. Elizabeth Olowo
"ohhh nice"
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49. Sandra Yossa
"+Elizabeth Olowo
And you?"
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50. AKAN TRIBESMAN
"+Sandra Yossa Her name sounds Yoruba"
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51. Elizabeth Olowo
"+Sandra Yossa Am from Nigeria (yoruba)"
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52. Elizabeth Olowo
"+AKAN TRIBESMAN ur right."
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53. Maka Velli
"+Sandra Yossa X-Maleya is doing great music too."
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54. Sandra Yossa
"+Maka Velli that's true, I completely forgot😊 their music is👌👍"
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55. Maka Velli
"+Sandra Yossa I don't understand everything they say but the melodies and the instrumentation r good."
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56. Sandra Yossa
"+Maka Velli that's alright cus when you like the music the lyrics don't matter😊
where are you from?"
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57. Maka Velli
"+Sandra Yossa Congolese. R u Anglophone or Francophone?"
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58. Sandra Yossa
"+Maka Velli francophone"
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59. Maka Velli
"+Sandra Yossa Your English writing is good. I know the country is officially bilingual but still..."
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60. Sandra Yossa
"That's cus I don't live in Cameroon"
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61. Tracy Love
"Nice music from psquare keep it up my man this is a great work lovely people nice dancers sweet music one love"
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62. Mimi Tshimanga
"the more Africa unite the better for the Africa love it"
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63. Musah Hassan
"Finally 😍😍😍😍😍 collabo on point ... Awilo"
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64. Noah Giah
"African music is the best I am from west Africa Liberia and I live in the USA but trust me in my car I got all the best Africa music god bless Africa one love"
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65. Benjamin
"Awilo is like 50+ years old and he can still kill it with style and talent ."
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66. N-zey Célé
"Nigerians sound engineers brings something which missed in Congolese end African musics, THE LOUDNESS, LOUDNESS..., don't speak about the best video clip quality.
Good job....Finish Paris, Bruxelles ....for mastering our songs, now is Nigeria (FUBU for us by us)"
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67. nacora1trini
"Been listening to Awilo for years... Glad to see he didn't miss a beat... True living legend, this Trini girl is happy ❤️"
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68. Diese Vieira
"ENEMY SOLOOOOO
OH YEAH A GREAT COLLABO
I'M A BIG FAN FROM PORTUGAL U GUYS ARE AMAIZING
EZINNE KILLIN' IT"
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69. Maracouja World Prod.
"Awilo Longomba and Psquare, african mega stars good work bro's you are the best. Africa Music in the Top. Jah bless"
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2017
70. sweet one loves
"I am a black American female and when I hear this song something inside jump up in me. and I dancing in a way I cant explain. Mother Africa wakes up in me and I'm whining up my waist, shaking my hips moving my feet . OMG I CANT SIT STILL. THANK YOU FOR THIS SONG, it wakes up my ancestors in and from AFRICA. : )"
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71. iamaku09
"Awilo is the original Grandpa bae"
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72. carla mendes
"OMG nice 1 😚 😚"
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73. TheRegalEagle2014
"#EpicDanceOff
This is my Soukous song for Summer 2016. Awilo the Soukous maestro still going strong. Kudos my brothers, P Square! Love the video and song."
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74. Lucky Johnson
"Nice song... the colabo was hot."
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75. Charlette Hernandez
"No matter where you are in the world if you are BLACK African music should make you feel good. it makes me want to dance, and I feel peace when I hear it. Sincerely your Long lost African Relative."
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76. Naija Boy
"Im Nigerian but whenever I hear awilo I wish I spoke French"
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77. Remy Lofombo
"Naija Boy his speaking Lingala"
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78. Felix Khale
"I like it..still banging in 2017."
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79. Krista Opara
"If u the wish me good e i go the wish u good e if u the wish me bad i go wish u good"
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80. Williams Blessing
"how come I hvnt come across dis song till now gush its lit!!"
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81. Hudson Joel
"Awilo,the OG. Love this jam!"
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"OG" here is an African American Vernacular English (Hip Hop) term that means "Original Gangsta". In the context of this comment, "OG" refers to Awilo Longomba's longevity as a performer of hit songs.
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82. Marsden Kanu
"wow I haven't seen awilo years he looks so different still well
he has come a long way from being a drummer in a band to solo singer in soukous genre to become a legendary African artist
wow keep up the good work"
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2018
83. purplestax4
"Fantastic collab two greats!!! The dancing talent is amazing!!"
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84. M Mberson
"If i dey wish me bad i wish u good ooo."
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This is a Nigerian Pidgin English form of one of the lines from this song. The "ooo" at the end emphasizes what was said.
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